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I found at an early age the times when I learned the most about myself was when I got thrown out there on a stage in front of a microphone when you didn't really want to be out there, where you're kind of afraid. ↗

— Andrew Shue

#afraid #age #early #early age #found

I can sing very comfortably from my vantage point because a lot of the music was about a loss of innocence, there's innocence contained in you but there's also innocence in the process of being lost. ↗

— Bruce Springsteen

#also #because #being #comfortably #contained

I had no desire from an early age to be on the stage. ↗

— Ron Silver

#desire #early #early age #had #i

I can't believe how much time has passed. The first time I did stand-up I was 17, and I was really a stand-up once I was 19 in New York, and now I'm 41, and I still feel like I haven't found myself onstage. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#did #feel #first #first time #found

You know, I think whatever a comic talks about onstage is all they talk about offstage. ↗

— Sarah Silverman

#comic #i #i think #know #offstage

The deepest problems of modern life derive from the claim of the individual to preserve the autonomy and individuality of his existence in the face of overwhelming social forces, of historical heritage, of external culture, and of the technique of life. ↗

— Georg Simmel

#claim #culture #deepest #derive #existence

Then I went through a big Peggy Lee stage, then I became Annie Ross, then Judy Collins. ↗

— Carly Simon

#became #big #collins #i #judy

I remember being onstage once when I didn't have fear: I got so scared I didn't have fear that it brought on an anxiety attack. ↗

— Carly Simon

#attack #being #brought #fear #got

No, because I was always nervous about being onstage. ↗

— Carly Simon

#always #because #being #i #nervous

I'm very ditsy and a klutz. I've been known to walk on stage and fall over my dress. ↗